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Nonilex May 9, 2025

WTAF?????

#Newark Mayor #RasBaraka #arrested for alleged trespass at #NewJersey #ICE detention facility

Mayor #Baraka was arrested for allegedly trespassing inside a US #Immigration & Customs Enforcement #detention center in his city.

"He has been taken into custody," #AlinaHabba, a fmr defense attorney for #Trump.

Baraka is a #Democrat running for #governor of #NJ.

At least 3 US #House #Democrats from NJ were also at the detention center.

#law #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/09/newark-mayor-arrested-baraka-ice.html

Newark mayor arrested for alleged trespass at New Jersey ICE detention facility

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested for allegedly trespassing inside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in his city.

CNBC

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Nonilex May 9, 2025

Mayor #Baraka "committed trespass & ignored multiple warnings" from DHS officials who told him to leave the facility, alleged #AlinaHabba, fmr #Trump defense atty & interim #USattorney for #NewJersey.

"He has willingly chosen to disregard the law. That will not stand in this state. He has been taken into custody," Habba, wrote on X.

"NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW," she added.
[except your boss, apparently]

#law #AmericanAutocracy #dissent #dictatorship #tyranny

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Nonilex May 9, 2025

#Baraka, 55, is a #Democrat running for #governor of #NewJersey. Kabir Moss, a spox for Baraka's campaign, confirmed the #arrest at the facility #DelaneyHall.

At least 3 #House #Democrats from NJ were also at the detention center, acc/to a post from Rep #BonnieWatsonColeman.

…The mayor's admin filed a lawsuit in late March to block the opening of the #Newark #immigrant #detention facility, arguing its operators failed to obtain the proper permits & violated city code.

#Trump #law #dissent

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Steve Hersey May 9, 2025

@Nonilex
Hmmm. If the facility was in violation of local laws and opened without a permit, this might actually get it shut down. That would be a good thing.

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Steve Hersey May 9, 2025

@Nonilex
Also, it's kinda difficult to convincingly argue that the city's mayor is "disregard[ing] the law" for inspecting an unpermitted facility that's in violation of city ordinances.

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Phil Wolff

@n1xnx @Nonilex I wonder what other instruments are available to local gov executives. Turning off local utilities (water, power, sewage)? Using the power of police to pull over drivers for violating speeding and other vehicles codes, cited personally. What's in a mayor's, county exec's, and governor's legally authorized toolbox?